Edward Short

Edward Short (17 December 1912-4 May 2012) was a British Labour Party politician. He served as MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 25 October 1951 to 4 November 1976, succeeding Lyall Wilkes and preceding Harry Cowans.

Biography
Edward Short was born in Warcop, Westmorland, England in 1912, and he served in the British Army during World War II and worked as a teacher before being elected to Parliament for the Labour Party from Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1964, and he served as Government Chief Whip in the Commons from 1964 to 1966, as Postmaster General from 1966 to 1968, Education Secretary from 1968 to 1970, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1972 to 1976, and as Leader of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1976. He was made a life peer in 1977, and he was the oldest member of the House of Lords at the time of his death in 2012 at the age of 99.